The Peacock At Barlow Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is amazing."
• "Sunday lunch was served promptly and was beautifully presented."
• "The breakfasts were beautiful and we stayed to have evening meals both nights and OMG cooked to perfection 🥰"
• "Gorgeous food."
• "Food is fantastic every time. Well presented, great tasting."
• "The fish pie was to die for but next time we go I'm having the pork belly, Tried my Hubbies and it was delicious."
• "Food was very nice and hot."

Cons:

• "Steak mushroom & ale pie × 2 - veg & mash portions disappointingly small."
• "Food was fine, but nothing special & I felt it was a little overpriced as a result."
• "We ordered our meals and my husband had to opt for his third choice as the first two were sold out. Then was told they were also out of chips!"
• "The chips were generic frozen thin cut skin on fries which didn't suit the fish and chips at all."
• "The actual food was a let down especially for the price."
• "Fancy pancy place with terrible food for the price £25 for a lamb dinner which was 1 thin slice of lamb and yesterday's Yorkshire pudding (Stale)."
• "Food was generally good & service was friendly."

Service

Pros:

• "The service and staff where first class and very welcoming."
• "The staff were attentive."
• "Staff were friendly & efficient."
• "Service was quick despite being busy."
• "The staff were fantastic and extremely friendly and efficient."
• "Service was excellent, food was amazing."
• "Staff are amazing, providing happy, smiling faces at all times, and nothing is too much trouble."

Cons:

• "Staff are good but slow at serving at the bar."
• "Waited 30mins to be served and when it arrived it was small, Luke warm, bread had clearly been stood for a while and was too hard to eat."
• "No one to greet so confusing as didn't know whether to wait to be seated."
• "Over an hour later and with other tables arriving after us being served starters & mains we were getting a little annoyed as our meals had not yet left the kitchen."
• "As there were quite a few of us the main courses didn't get served altogether some had nearly finished before others had got their food which wasn't great."
• "When our food arrived the waitress simply dropped them off and left."
• "Food was delivered had to request cutlery etc after waiting for several minutes."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "Amazing room with a spectacular view."
• "The bedroom was lovely and bathroom amazing."
• "Our room was lovely, fresh and clean."
• "Rooms are magnificent, providing 5* accommodation."
• "Stayed last night for the fist time. Never ate or visited before. Absolutely amazing rooms super clean designed very well and all your needs catered for."
• "The rooms were outstanding and the food was of an extremely high standard."
• "We stayed in the Northdown room, which I have to say was one of the best/ cleanest hotel rooms I've ever stayed in."

Cons:

• "I would have given more stars except under the current rising cases of Covid I was shocked to see that the place was totally packed out."
• "The rooms were amazing as always however the bed wasn’t attached to the headboard so when sitting up in bed the bed moves away from the wall!"
• "The ensuite bathroom was very cold & we did not use it even when the heating had been adjusted, as the heater in there is not working properly."
• "Unfortunately didn't sleep to good from the noise above which is Unfortunate as the place was amazing...think a heard of elephants must have checked in above us and walked a marathon from 5am!"
• "The only downside for us during our stay was that the wifi wasn't working."
• "Wifi in the cottage was very slow."
• "Rooms are very luxurious but obviously the price reflects this at £150+ a night."

Value

Pros:

• "Can not believe its took us so long to find this place. Prices of food and wine fair and the quality exceptional."
• "Very reasonable considering the quality."
• "Found the food to be great value along with tasting amazing."
• "The food was excellent with large portions very reasonably priced."
• "The food was amazing and there was a selection of vegan friendly desserts."
• "Well priced, homely food."
• "This was the best one by a mile and half the price of all the others."

Cons:

• "It is a little expensive for what you get."
• "Very nice place and good food but it is overpriced by at least 25%."
• "However, be prepared to pay high prices for the food. Over £35 for two for breakfast... pretty steep."
• "The food was delicious but massively over-priced."
• "My only gripe was the price of the beer i ordered 5.50 a pint. Overpriced for the area."
• "However £15.50 for ordinary gammon steak was pricey."
• "Prices seem to have shot up again, £26 for a Sunday lunch quad father, a very royal high price, which I would never pay."